EFFECTS OF SURGICAL IMPLANTATION OF TEMPERATURE DATALOGGERS ON REPRODUCTION OF CAPTIVE STRIPED SKUNKS (MEPHITIS MEPHITIS)
| Autor: | François Messier, Yeen Ten Hwang, Dennilyn L. Parker, Serge Larivière, Marie-Line Gentes |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Conservation of Natural Resources medicine.medical_specialty Pregnancy Rate media_common.quotation_subject Abdominal cavity Biology Body Temperature Pregnancy medicine Animals Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures media_common Electronic Data Processing General Veterinary Reproduction Prostheses and Implants General Medicine humanities Surgery Pregnancy rate medicine.anatomical_structure Female Animal Science and Zoology Implant Mephitidae |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 35:515-519 |
| ISSN: | 1937-2825 1042-7260 |
| Popis: | A total of 20 (14 females, six males) captive striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) with miniature temperature dataloggers implanted free in the abdominal cavity were examined for reproductive performance and pathology because of implants. Eleven of 12 female skunks reproduced successfully 45.9 ± 3.7 days after surgery to remove implanted dataloggers. The pregnancy rate of 91.7% (11/12) was much higher than other captive studies and was comparable with that of wild skunks. Eight striped skunks (six males, two females) that were euthanatized and necropsied after having implants in the abdominal cavity for 5 mo showed no apparent pathology associated with the implant. Implantation of the intraperitoneal devices did not lead to complications in abdominal tissues. Neither implant nor surgery affected reproduction. We conclude that implanted dataloggers can safely be used in physiologic studies of striped skunks or possibly other small carnivores in captive or field studies. |
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